Neighborhood Pit Bull Day in Baltimore
Neighborhood Pit Bull Day — a day to love on and learn more about your pit bull — is coming to Baltimore this Sunday (July 10). The one-day event provides free resources, products, education and...
View ArticleSpay, neuter programs are paying off
Forty years of selling the public on spaying and neutering pets is paying off: This year fewer than 4 million unwanted dogs and cats will be euthanized, down from as many as 20 million before 1970, the...
View ArticleAnother “Humane Society” makes its debut
This could get ugly, if it hasn’t already. This week, a newly formed national organization called The Humane Society for Shelter Pets (HSSP) began making itself known, with full-page ads in national...
View ArticleWoof in Advertising: I’m lovin’ it …
What happened when a locally-aired McDonalds ad noted that eating new Chicken McBites is safer “than petting a stray pit bull?” This: McDonalds has since pulled the radio ad and issued an apology. (For...
View ArticleCan small dogs get away with anything?
I have nothing against small dogs. Some of my best friends are small dogs. I loves me a small dog, almost as much as I loves me a big dog. But, being a big dog’s human, I’d have to agree with Joan...
View ArticleRomney makes a Michael Vick-like apology
Mitt Romney says, if he had a chance to do it all over again, he would not put the family dog in a carrier on top of a station wagon for a 12-hour ride to Canada. “Certainly not with the attention...
View ArticlePit bulls to parade Sunday in Baltimore
For the past four years, B-More Dog members and friends have come together to hold “Pit Bulls on Parade” events at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. On Sunday May 20th, they’re planning their biggest yet. Up...
View ArticleDo disagreeable people like aggressive dogs?
In another study buttressing the belief that people tend to get dogs that match their personalities, British researchers say they concluded that disagreeable people prefer to own aggressive dogs. The...
View ArticleThe riskiest breeds, as insurers see it
Forbes, the magazine best known for listing the world’s richest people, now brings us a list of the riskiest dog breeds. Or at least what insurance companies say are the riskiest dog breeds. The...
View Article“Vicious” pit bull grabs heart of Baltimore cop
Courtesy of the blog ModifiedK9, and courtesy of Dan Waskiewicz, here’s a police officer meets pit bull story with the best kind of ending. Modified K9 is a pit bull-loving group in Pennsylvania that...
View ArticleDogs often scapegoats in gentrification wars
It’s a familiar chain of events in many a city — a particular neighborhood, usually by virtue of its location, emerges as desirable. Young and affluent people move in. Real estate prices rise and,...
View ArticlePit Boss: Little people tackle big job
With the rescue of pit bulls and other abused and neglected pets having proven a popular reality TV show formula — with everything from burly tattooed guys to prison parolees doing the rescuing — you...
View ArticleProgram works with Amish in southern Indiana to improve breeding conditions
While Amish breeders are notorious for running puppy mills, some of those in southern Indiana are working with Purdue University’s Center for Animal Welfare Science to improve their breeding practices...
View ArticleWoof in Advertising: Snoopy gets the axe
MetLife has given Snoopy his walking papers. After proudly serving the insurance company for 30 years, Snoopy is being put out to pasture as part of a company-wide “refresh” aimed at portraying MetLife...
View ArticleThe 5 most deadly dogs in the world
“Revealed: The 5 Most Deadly Dogs in the World” When I saw that headline on Total Dog Magazine’s website, I clicked on it, fully intending to read it, scoff and then rip the author apart — just in...
View ArticleBali governor calls for crackdown on vendors and others selling dog meat
(Warning: This video contains graphic images) The governor of Bali has called upon government agencies to stop the sale of dog meat after a news report showed that street vendors were selling cooked...
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